Mjolnir Should Be Proud to Serve Me

Although it was expected, Ben was already getting a little annoyed.

He turned his head and saw Mjolnir lying quietly on the lawn not far away, and walked over.

Come to think of it, he himself had forgotten whether he had ever tried to lift the Hammer of Thor, but he never cared about it.

He is the king of Sakaar, the master of the Manna Dimension, the founder of the Galactic Plumbers, and the Lord of the Nine Realms. Is he really going to abandon everything just because a hammer doesn't approve of him?

In his universe, everyone trusted him, and he resolved all dangers and troubles; the Sakaaran prayed to him in times of despair.

Would he abandon all of this because of the rejection of a hammer?

Thor watched as he approached the Hammer of Thor step by step, bending down and half-squatting to grasp the handle.

A guess arose in my mind.

"Thor, you said Steve lifted Mjolnir, so he's the king. If I lift the hammer, shouldn't you pledge your allegiance to me?"

To Thor's astonishment, Ben casually lifted Mjolnir up.

There were no thunderclouds.

There were no earth-shattering phenomena.

It all seemed perfectly natural, as if it were how it should be.

That's certainly how it should be.

Because he is the king!

Mjolnir doesn't need a ridiculous hammer for validation; on the contrary, he should be honored to have remained in his hands.

Ben raised the hammer at Thor, Thor remained kneeling, tears welling in his eyes as he looked at Mjolnir, his hands raised as if to lift it high.

The sky was cloudless.

The afternoon sun shone down on the two of them, as if they were being crowned.

"Thor Odinson, I command you to break free from the spell, to see the misery of this world with your eyes, to hear the silent wails of life with your ears, and then to seek the answer within your own heart."

"Yes..."

Thor lowered his head, tears streaming down his face as if he had been freed from invisible shackles. He was both joyful at the relief he felt and remorseful for the past.

Were Hydra right or wrong? Were Steve Rogers' actions right or wrong?

He already knew the answer.

"Allfather, God of all gods!"

"But I still have a question, and I hope you can answer it for me."

He pleaded.

Please tell me, why do gods exist?

He was puzzled and anxious because he didn't know if gods were truly worthy of being worshipped by mortals.

He once triumphed over the god-slayer wielding the All-Black the Necrosword, but he also fell.

It was because of Gorr that he fell into yet another level of self-doubt.

He doubted the value of his own existence and the divine itself, just like Gorr and his family. How many people have lost faith in the divine in their daily prayers?

The Godslayer, Gorr, was a pitiful and pathetic man.

He was born on a desolate planet.

The land there is barren and uncultivable, prone to earthquakes, and suffers from food shortages, while wild animals are extremely ferocious.

It was as if the land had been abandoned by the gods.

During the time of his birth, the planet was experiencing a rare drought. The scorching sun baked the earth into a desert, vegetation withered, and water sources dried up.

His people, having no other choice, prayed day and night for the gods' mercy and salvation.

However, no one responded.

His father told him that as long as he prayed sincerely to the gods, he would be saved by them. But in the end, he starved to death because he had to offer his meager food to the gods.

His mother told him that devout faith in the gods would bring them blessings, but in the end, those blessings would become the blessings of wild beasts.

His wife told him to respect the gods and accept the fate they were given, but she herself fell off a cliff while pregnant, losing both her body and her unborn child.

He has other children.

They all starved to death.

In that hellish place, he pleaded with the so-called gods countless times, only to be met with death.

He then began to question whether the gods truly existed, and when he raised this point with his people, it caused panic among them.

They believed that the misfortune befell the race because the Gorr were not devout enough to the gods.

He was expelled.

Until one day, the gods actually appeared before him.

The golden god who fought against Knull was no match for him and sought help from this mortal.

How ridiculous!

He begged thousands, tens of thousands of times, but received no mercy from the gods, who instead wanted his help.

So Gorr raised Knull's All-Black the Necrosword and slew the god, thus embarking on a path of constantly destroying gods, until the three Thor— past, future, and present—to defeat him together, bringing this all to an end.

But it was precisely because of Gorr that Thor's resolve wavered once again.

He began to doubt the value of the gods.

They question whether gods truly have a need for existence and whether they are truly qualified to be called gods.

Sometimes you'll find that mortals who have worshipped gods for generations actually live better lives if they lose their gods.

"Then, Thor."

Ben asked, "Why do mortals exist?"

Thor was taken aback.

He always pondered matters of the gods, but never considered the issue from a mortal's perspective.

"Ordinary people do not possess value because they believe in gods, nor does the reverse apply."

"You can only find meaning and value after you have existed."

No one is anyone's appendage.

If gods are merely myths created by mortals, then everything naturally revolves around mortals.

But if gods truly exist, and are essentially just another level of life, then the value of any life should not be determined by others.

Ben raised Mjolnir and walked toward Thor, the hammer getting closer and closer until it touched Thor's forehead.

Bingbing.

"Whether you become a god who responds to mortals, or an arrogant god, is your choice."

Thor understood.

At that moment, he suddenly felt that Mjolnir, which was pressed against his forehead, seemed to have lost its weight, yet also seemed to be heavier than before.

He had understood what it meant to be a king, and now, under Ben's guidance, he understood what it meant to be a god.

Mjolnir has accepted him again.

"I'll go find Steve right now!"

He suddenly stood up and turned to leave.

Ben stopped him.

"Now is not the time. Steve Rogers betrayed you, don't you want to see how he feels about being betrayed?"

Thor left.

Ben told him to pretend nothing had happened and continue to stay with the Serpent Society.

"In that case, Vision and Thor will both be on our side."

He had previously dealt with Vision, dragged Vision back, and then deleted the virus from the other party's program.

However, to avoid being discovered by Dr. Zola, he put on a disguise.

"Next up is Doctor Strange. The Dark Dimension? I wonder if Dormammu is dead or not," Ben thought to himself.

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